Symetra Financial (Symetra Financial) PB Ratio : 1.19 (As of May. 05, 2024)

Symetra Financial PB Ratio Chart

Symetra Financial Annual Data
	Trend	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14
PB Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.68	0.35	0.43	0.76	0.79

Symetra Financial Quarterly Data
	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15
PB Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.80	0.79	0.77	0.89	1.18

Competitive Comparison of Symetra Financial's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Symetra Financial's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Symetra Financial's PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Symetra Financial's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Symetra Financial's PB Ratio falls into.

Symetra Financial PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Symetra Financial's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.

Symetra Financial  (NYSE:SYA) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.

Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.

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